Unfortunately, we live in a world at war. We read about it in newspapers. We see it on TV and hear about it over the radio. This lesson will provide you with some of the English vocabulary you need to understand what is reported in the media. Do you know what the difference is between the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Navy? Want to know how rockets, missiles, and mortars are different from each other? Watch this lesson, and then take the quiz to test your new knowledge.
I’m sure it is Bluegray. But to tell the truth I have to go over this lesson and put some of these words into practice; otherwise they won’t become part -at least- of my passive vocabulary.
All the best with your English.
Regino
nice explanation, as usual
there’s a little typo: conflict without “l”
thank you for your understandable accent…
marvilla
i’m italian like you, read my profofile. i’ll be glad if you’ll contact me.
Luke
Thanks Marvilla. My mistake :)
Adam
No thing good in war except to expire , The sad city (Benghazi) , thanks Adam
hamy alferjany
thank you adam
ali
Interesting lesson Adam, thank you
pablovinicius
Great one, as always!!! Pretty nice job!
PedroCampos
A very interesting lesson! Thanks Adam. Actually, I read a lot about war on the web. And you are very wise! This lesson requires a lot of knowledge, much more than just English.
Valderí Andrade
17 years ago I was a drill sergeant :)
Thank you Adam
majid3663
This is a good lessen for me. Thank you Adam
joywin
This is a good lession.,.,
Rupesh kumar Soni
Thank you teacher. I’ve been watching your videos and it’s great!!! Congrats for your job. You, Ronnie and Valen are the best. Not that the others are ” bad teacher ” but I’d rather you :) , congrats again!
learnEnglish
thank you for this leasson, it’s interesting.
james64
Hi adam, very good your lesson, but I’ll like know about pieces military uniform. you know anything? thanks
alexsilver
I’ll have to look that up Alex. Keep in mind though that different countries have different features on their uniforms. You might want to get a visual encyclopedia somewhere.
Adam
This lesson and quiz were difficult but good study for me. Thank you, Adam :)
Happy04
Thank you Adam. This is a good lesson. I like it.
diepthao
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Adam.
And Happy New Year engVid. :)
I wish you a wonderful year full of joy. I wish a peaceful world for everyone. A year without a war.
And thank you engVid , thank you Adam for all your efforts to help us, this year. Best luck. :)
Anahita
Thank you Anahita. A happy belated New Year to you as well :)
Adam
Hi Adam
I got 8 correct out of 9.
Thank you so much
kami88
thanx
Abshaque
you have nice Tattoo under your left Arm
basem3090
Thank you Basem. It says littera scripta manet– the written word remains :)
Adam
And what does it mean?
happyhop
The written word remains means that once written down, it can stay forever. A spoken word, on the other hand, disappears as soon as it has left your mouth ;)
Adam
Yep, prime in manu tua, right? :)
Exotist
verba volant , scripta manent , in Latin .
rc57
verba volant scripta manent….senza la virgola…conosco bene il latino..secondo te che in quale lingua “littera scripta manet” è scritto?
al willis
Hi Adam, I think you miss letter “l” in (conflict) you wrote confict not conflict. What do you think?
Hassan Kamal
I did Hassan. My mistake. Good eye :)
Adam
Hi Adam.
I’m Bahram Fattahi from Iran.i’ve been watching ENGVID vids for more than 2 years.it helped me a lot.
i wanted to aske you if you could make a lesson about districts and regions and cover the following words: territory, perfecture, borough, county, province, zone, state
i’m sure It’d help a lot of students to have a clearer issue about it
Thank you in advance
bahram1364
Hey Bahram I agree with you.
It would be so great to learn about them ıf adam can make a video in that issue.I am so confused even in my own language :)
oguz
I’ll get on that Bahram :)
Thank you
Adam
thank you very much
Mr. adam
actually i get the benfit of this lesson
thank you agin and agin
mohammedyaeesh
Thank you Adam :)
Eissa90
Thank you Adam, useful lessons. 100 % like in the boot camp.
Alexander
Interesting, and well explained lesson. Thank you.
zann
Thats great! Thanks you for that informative lesson!
S1M PROJECT
I watched this lesson the 24th of december !So I wish peace on the World. Happy Christmass to you and Engvid’s teachers.
vilainpetitcrapaud
its ok
AnmarM.Hussain
hi adam can u talk about health in a movie useful worlds thanks
sam gt
I’ll see what I can do Sam :)
Adam
Hi dear Adam, this is a great lesson very useful. Thank you so much. by the way please what does that means” I got a chopper in the car”? by Rick Ross’s lyrics. Merry christmas Eve to you dear Adam, may god bless you and your family.
My best wishes to you.
frankyforlife
Hi Franky. Actually, I had to look it up myself as I’d never heard this before. It seems to mean an automatic weapon, especially an AK-47.
Hope that helps ;)
Adam
hey adam, great lesson indeed.Could you please help
me with the right construction of these two sentences:
1.He is 100 times as much powerful as me.
2.He is 100 times as much powerful than me.
which one of these sentences implies the correct sense of the other person being 100 times more powerful than me.This construction of word ‘as’ confuses me a lot, so please, if possible help me getting rid of this confusion about how to use the word ‘as’ to emphasize an amount.Your previous videos have been a great help:) thank u very much.
Harry Singh
Hello Harry,
I’m afraid, both sentences appear to be flawed, to me. I believe in these type of sentences, you only use the word ‘as’. You don’t write ‘as much’. Few examples for you :-
1. earth is twice as big as Mars
2. He is 100 times as powerful as I am. (though I am not sure about this one)
3. His handwriting is 10 times as neat as mine.
You can also write them without using ‘as’.
He is 100 times more powerful than me.
abhishek1995
Hi Abhishek! I am looking for someone to improve my conversation skill, do you mind pass me your contact, so we can talk to each other?
fritzen
Hi Harry. Abhishek gave a very good answer. I will add that He is 100 times more powerful than me is the best option. We use as normally when we use an objective adjective. Powerful, for example is subjective. What powerful means to you and to him might not be the same.
Mars is 10 times as big as Pluto, for example is Ok because we can measure the size of the planets as compare these.
When possible, use the -er or more than construction to compare things. He is three times older than me will create less confusion than he is three times as old as me. (in both cases as I am is correct, but less common in casual speech).
(his handwriting is 10 times neater than mine)
Hope this helps a little.
Adam
I’m from Ukraine and unfortunatelly this is actual for my country where we have war on a part of territory.
zhenya25
I hope things get better there Zhenya
Adam
Hi Adam. I don’t like wars and this topic. But thank you at any rate.
I think many people here can’t understand anything when they watch sports. It’ll be great to understand a football commentary for instance. Thank you.
KATRIN777
I’ll see what I can do Katrin. Keep in mind football here is different than in Europe ;)
Adam
Thank you Adam. I think, at any rate it’s very exciting sport if you like it so much.
KATRIN777
Hi everyone! I agree with Katrin, it would be wonderful to watch a sport video lesson especially about football!
Hope you will see this comment Adam :) I like your lessons! Keep it up!
Alesia
Excellent lesson!
Could you teach us some medical vocabulary and expressions as well?
Thanks.
audrysilva
I’ll get on it Audry :)
Adam
War and its Related words are vital when you Wanna understand what is going your Around.it is hard but sometimes we have to explain what they are. So i happy to hear these words from peaceful person like Adam. Thanks for your useful lesson and God bless all Of us from war.
azizakif
Need to watch the lesson again…I fail to get 100 score of the quiz.:(
Binbin
thank you Addam
osama osama
I liked the lesson! Thanks Adam!
LuizHenriquecampos
dear adam
merry Christmas
have a good time with your family
ali
ali
Thank you Ali. To you and yours as well :)
Adam
I agree with Bahram.Adam teach us more about army.Thank you.
mfarooq1981
Will do Mfarooq
Adam
Thanks Adam
kady10
Sanctions against Russia…….
mileshin
Yes, unfortunately you are right mileshin.
camalote
Thank you Adam for this useful lesson!
Ksenia Rybka
8/9 I thought that, the captain was above the colonel. By the way in Portuguese we say Cornel = colonel both sounds similar.
Jorge Pedroso
Hi Jorge,
It’s strange how English works. Should be spelled kernel, but … :)
Adam
Sorry I made a mistake in Portuguese is ” Coronel”.
Jorge Pedroso
Was a good lesson. Mainly for me that are coming in the intermediary level
Hspbrasil
Hi Adam,
Excelent lesson
AndyTandy
great and inclusive as usual, thanks Adam.surly no one likes war, but it seems like it is inevitable to learn about it, please keep up doing good work. I would be grateful if you make more videos about politics
Mustafa Sharafi
I’ll see what I can do Mustafa
Adam
Adam one more question.(sorry)
Are those grammatically correct?
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS HERE?
(can I place @HERE@ in any other place of the sentence above?)
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS IN THIS PLACE?
Thank you.
KATRIN777
One more:
Can we change our seats with each other?(is it correct?)
Thank you again.
KATRIN777
I know the word @replace@. But, what about which is above?
KATRIN777
in USA it’s more simple = may we switch our seats? (i’ve heard it in regular conversation many times)
dlvbasys
Thank you,it’s from a textbook for kids.
KATRIN777
Can I use exchange?
KATRIN777
Hi Katrin.
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS HERE? is correct. You can’t put the Here anywhere else.
You can say can we exchange seats?
Or can we switch seats? as Dlvbasys mentioned.
Or, Can we change seats with each other (no our needed)
Adam
Here is coming up one more question – why we shouldn’t use OUR. Thank you Adam.
KATRIN777
It’s understood. If it’s not mine, then I can’t switch it anyway.
Adam
“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood
vovchick
Indeed Vovchick
Adam
Good lesson, Thanks teacher Adam!!
abby2
Adam I have watched Past Perfect Tense from Rebecca, but didn’t understand one thing: (it’s at 07.20) when Jane arrived home yesterday,her husband had taken the children to the restaurant(are the children at home when she arrives?)
THANK YOU.
KATRIN777
No, their at the restaurant. If you say, by the time Jane arrived home yesterday,her husband had already taken the children to the restaurant., then they might be back from the restaurant when she gets home.
Adam
Thank you Adam.
KATRIN777
Hi again, Adam!
I’d like to tell you about my journey to the sea. It was seven years ago. We went to the sea with my Mum. It was very beautiful and I took a lot of pictures. The weather was very good. We swam for a long time. The sea was so warm that my Mum couldn’t take me out from the water. It was very funny. In the evening(or in the evenings)we went to a water park. I liked it very much. We ate a lot of fruit every day. One day we went to the mountains. There we visited waterfall. It was very interesting. I liked to have a rest like this.
Adam,check it,please. Thank you.
KATRIN777
out of the water
in the evenings
I like to have a rest like this
Adam
1. out of the water(my bad,I knew it)
2. in the evenings(I thought so, but all the web translators wilfully don’t want add the letter S)
3. In one movie one character says I LIKED HIM VERY MUCH(so why I can’t say it about the rest?)
ADAM, THANK YOU AGAIN.
KATRIN777
I think, those are some of my grammar mistakes in my narrative in previous lesson:
1. I woke up at 11.00 and begin(of course BEGAN) to drink tea at once.
2. Presently I turned on my computer and linked the Internet, because I(HAD)wanted to know the price of dollar and the price of oil.
3. At 13.00 I had to be seeing my doctor, because I(HAD)made an appointment.
4. The people,who were in the line,said that there is(WAS instead of is) a live line and I have(HAD instead of have)to be after them.
Am I right or not? I will be waiting.
THANK YOU ADAM!!!
KATRIN777
1) at 11… and had a tea at once
2) linked to the internet because I wanted to know the price of the dollar and of oil
3) I had to see my doctor…i had made…
4) The people who were in line said there was a long line and I had to be…
Not bad :)
Adam
After the 2nd one I don’t understand past perfect again!!! Thank you Adam…
KATRIN777
Because the second sentense is not in past perfect, it’s just in past simple as you dint’t finish to want before you linked to the internet. So all what you did was simultaneously.
Zenny
for example you might have say: Presently I turned on my computer and linked the Internet, because I had just finished my homework.
Zenny
Maybe i am wrong cuz I am russian too)))
Zenny
Adam I wanted to say alive line(when the doctor works really slow(or he takes some people without line)). And people in the line become mad about it and began create their own rules. It’s Russia.
KATRIN777
That might be a Russian expression. We don’t have a live or an alive line. We have a lifeline, but that means something that saves you, or connects you to life.
Adam
Hello!
EngViiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid! I can’t believe it! What was wrong with my message that you have decided not to approve and post it here? I’m so sorry for this behavior! Please, respect the users!
Anahita
You may have been posting the same comment a lot, which we try to discourage.
engVid Moderator
It might have been a simple mistake Anahita. I’m sure it will be looked into
Adam
nice lesson i really gain
Nurambs
Hi Valena
Please help me. How do i improve my English Conversation. most the time i am confusing between present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Please send me any link for understand this.
subodh chauhan
HI Subodh, I’m not Valen, but I hope I can help. Type present perfect tense and past perfect tense into the search box above and you will see a few lessons on it. You can also type it into Google and see lots of resources that explain it.
Adam
Hi , Adam thanks for that , but id like u to clarify why all the native speaker drop the letter (t) when it preceded by the letter (n) .! Ad if we dont pronounce it this way is it sound unnaturally ?
Nenno1986
Hi Nenno.
We don’t really drop it. It’s just soft, so it gets “lost” in the transition to the next word. Also, the tongue position for ‘n’ and t’ are almost the same, so it’s a bit of laziness to move it.
Does that hep?
Adam
Thanks for the lesson, very actual vocabulary
Scream
Useful lesson. Thanks Adam. I want to ask a lesson on words used in building. I am a civil engineer.
ghassan chahme
I’ll see what I can do Ghassan :)
Adam
Hi Adam, it’s my first time to learn English from your videos. First quiz, i got 100, yeye. Thanks a bunch, Adam.
arismnndar
Welcome Arismnndar :)
Adam
big thanks mr Adam. the lesson was very helpful .
Burulsun
I`ve learned new vocabulary!!thankssss Adam!
gabriellla
Hi adam! It was such as interesting lesson. I admit all of the Engvid lesson chunks can boost one’s english knowledge on a variety of topis you’re providing. But still, many of the upper-interm and advanced learners are facing a few gaps relating to their career, work and professional life. Thereby, I would highky recommend offering lessons that cover handling job interviews questions and answers, showing achievements and motivation sides on a field. I can’t deny finding some videos on the area but there is need for specific situations at work.
omaxios
These lessons are in the works Omaxios :)
Adam
thank you for this good lesson . this vocabulary are very useful .
jafar.h.lunbar
This is a good lesson to increase my general knowledge and vocabulary. Thanks Adam :)
byte
Hi Adam, i have been in this country more than 12 years and i learned something new today. Thank you for the way you are teaching. I am so much grateful to Engvid to introduce this site. I really appreciate.
smartbay3
Adam, in BBC lessons “Look ahead” there is a dialogue of two mice:
– What’s that?
– That’s a cat.
– What’s his name?(would it be right if a question were “What’s its name?”?)
Thank you.
KATRIN777
Although technically, its is more correct, many people treat certain animals, especially pets, as gender specific.
Both are acceptable.
Adam
And one more: sometimes I hear the word “OFTEN” with letter “T” which sounds and sometimes without — Which one is right?
Thank you Adam.
KATRIN777
Both are Ok. Some enunciate the t, others don’t. I, myself, don’t.
Adam
Thank you Adam. I thought it is linked somehow with north and south.
KATRIN777
Thanks a lot Adam
Bechir Mahmoud
Hi. This lesson is very interesting because I meet this words every time and everywhere.
zver1zver2
Simply great!Thanks again, Adam
Sonia1234
What’s this Log out thing? I have already been
accepted by the engvid. What happened?
Sonia1234
Not sure Sonia. I see you here :)
Adam
Ok, then!:) :) :)
About war, Adam, Bono sang with Pavarotti and he
“Ave Maria” and he added this to the song, which I found beautiful:
“…Ave Maria, where is the justice in the world…
“…and WAR is always the choice, of the chosen
who will not have to fight.”
…too beautifull and deep to add any comments.
Sonia1234
What is word, what explain to talk about the volunteers soldiers?
loniks
Hi ioniks.
I think it’s just volunteers or enlisted. If they are forced to join, then they are draftees (they were drafted by the army)
Adam
thanks Adam ,so interesting lesson
batoul12
Thanks a lot for this great lesson. I wish the British English was as understandable as yours is :)
utaudo
This is such helpful lessen, I now enhance my knowledge about this kind of subject. Cheers!! :) Adam.
Amy
Thanks Adam for your this lesson. I have always wanted to learn more about war vocabulary. Your character, accent, and examples make the lesson amazing. thanks a million.
mahmouddahman
It’s for narratives:
He had been working when I came to him.
He had already came when I called to him.
(Are those grammatically correct?)
Thank you Adam.
KATRIN777
He had already come when I called him.
Adam
My bad, I thought past participle is CAME. Sorry and thank you.
KATRIN777
Littera scripta manet?
Agni Pl
Yes, Agni.
The written word remains :)
Adam
:)
Agni Pl
These days everywhere in turmoil, even your neighboring country. I mean US. Racism is still big problem in US. What about your country? I’ve head Native Americans in Canada are suffering by government yet, Aren’t they?
Sorry Adam, I know you mentioned “please don’t talk about political stuff, but I just want to try writing about conflict and war. That’s it!
evil666live
Hi Evil.
Yes, here too. Not too violent, but it does happen occasionally. There are very few conflict-free places in the world, unfortunately.
Adam
This my skype account: moath.941
hopefully if you can contact with me thats gonna be sounds great. Lets ease the learning process.
moath saad
Thank you so much Adam,
I wish all of the Engvid family and the students happy new year which we wouldn’t use these words in our daily lifes.
If you want to talk with me on skype please check my account details…
camalote
useful lessons,great teacher!!!
minizhang
How’s it going?
I’d like to request a video about Basketball, American football and Formula 1. I’m a massive fan of them, but it’s really difficult to understand when the game/race is live on Tv, or even when I’m reading the Sports section on the newspaper, or when people around me are talking about it.
I’d really appreacite it if an Engvid teather could make an explanation about the rules/moves,etc.
Thanks for helping us in everything.
henry19
I’ll see what I can do Henry :)
Adam
i love the army
blakester56
Thank you Adam, It was so informative. It help me so much because I like documentaries about history. Thank you so much.
Xiri
Thank you!
Yakushina
Adam please explain phrasal verbs of the verb CUT. what is the diff btw cut down on and cut back on?
Ranhraa Yousafzai
Hi Ranhraa.
In some cases they can mean the same thing, i.e., to reduce.
Cut down can also mean to cut something so it comes down, like a tree.
In film, you can cut back (edit) to a previous scene or frame.
Hope this helps.
Adam
MERRY CHRISTMAS ADAM AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
KATRIN777
Thank you Katrin. I wish the same to you :)
Adam
Thanks.
KATRIN777
hi Mr Adam actually i want to thank you for your great effort in English lessons i learned from it but i need your help to give me some vocabulary about if i will work as a ticket agent
GMoatmed
HI GM.
You mean travel tickets? I’ll see what I can do
Adam
best instructor ever . thanks man ;)
GMoatmed
the correct word is confict or conflict?
taffarel
Hi Taffarel.
It’s conflict. My mistake. a little typo :)
Adam
Hi Adam . Very timely vocab. Unfortunately I hear all this words every day. Your lesson is useful for those who watch breaking news.
I’d like to thank you and Engvid teachers for your great job. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! All the best to you, Adam.
NadiaM
Thank you Nadia. To you as well :)
Adam
hey Adam this is a sort of wonderful lesson .. thank you :)
amlosama
Great video, thank a lot :)
carolingus
Very good explanation for people they are not so familiar with the military. (y)
You do a great job Adam :)
Jackus
I watched it twice in order to get the full understanding of the video. Their was a lot of good information in this video . Thank you.
“When an enemy attacks, an army will try to ________ it.”
From my perspective i think it is better to be
“When an enemy attacks, the opponent will try to ________ it.”
kido
Hi Kalifatullah,
An opponent can be a whole army. I was just using it in context. Your sentence is equally good.
Adam
We (English learners) are vulnerable because we are here for studying it and not real English speakers. For us, a little mistake can bring an absolute destruction. So, please use detail / clear / not ambiguous statements and questions. Think from our perspectives, not yours. Thank you for your attention.
kido
That’s what we try to do. I don’t see how the original is ambiguous, though.
engVid
Hi Kalifatullah,
Understood. Though, keep in mind that there are thousands of people watching these videos and taking the quiz, so it’s impossible to focus on everyone’s individual needs.
Also, language is by it’s nature ambiguous; you can interpret just about anything in any way you want if you play with the words enough :)
Adam
Thanks
Nadir
Very nice lesson!
isosa
I’m from Ukraine. Now in my country war in Donbass – it’s territory where my home so i must know all this words (unfortunately). Thank you so much!!
Anastasia
I’m very sorry to hear that. :( I’ve been following it in the news a bit, and hopefully things get back to normal soon!
engVid Moderator
good lesson for us.
sallam167
hello sir you are my favorite teacher.i have learned a lot of things from you. your way of teaching is always excellent. thanks and keep it up
Gulbahar khan
sir i need and want to learn “PRECIS WRITING” so please you have all videos except precis writing. so please upload fro me . i will be always grateful to you> thanks sir adam
Gulbahar khan
Hi Gulbahar. I’m working on writing videos, but you can also check my site writetotop dot com. I hope it helps.
Adam
ok thanks sir adam! but i hope you will accept my request as soon as possible
Gulbahar khan
thanks
habibid69
You are a great teacher Adam. To learn english with you seems very easy, keep on with the good work and thank you for doing this.
Scardanelli
Thanks so much. You are the best teacher I ve ever seen or heard, it’s very important to understand things around us, especially now when world is full of battles, so we can’t hide what we have. So any body want to talk to improve English you can add me on Skype vedeneyev.alexander
Zenny
Interesting lesson
shivakumar v
You have my attention….thanks a Lot
JORGE ARMANDO
Thanks for lesson, it’s useful and actual unfortunately. Took the quiz with 8/9. So I have a question: why “colonel” is the highest-ranked soldier? What about general\admiral\marshal? Actually they are also soldiers in a deep sense. May be the question should be “Which of the following is the highest-ranked enlisted soldier?” Answer: sergeant, isn’t it?
Max1982
Thank you everyone. Happy New Year :)
Adam
thanks for the discussing this topic..its very informative nowadays!
0926chad
hi adam how can i download this video
tillocik
You can watch it here Tillocik :)
Adam
thnx alote
I hope the war stops on my country
rolan
Dear Adam, I play a game about Tanks. In which I read the terms “hull” and “maneuverability”. Could you please give a light to these words?
prakhar
Hi Prakhar,
Hull is the body of the tank. Maneuverability is its ability (or lack of) to make movements, like turns.
Adam
Thank you Adam for help me as always! Now I understand them clearly.
prakhar
Hi Adam ! My dear friend what is the difference between “at night and in the night” and what is context used in?
Thanks!
the best
Hi The Best,
At night is to refer to a time period (I sleep at night).
In the night is the concept of night, as opposed to day. Ghosts roam in the night to scare little children in their sleep.
It’s also commonly used with something else, in the night sky, the sound of the river in the night, etc.
Does this help?
Adam
Hello teacher. Sorry, do you make a distiction among your students in answering their questions !? I hope your answer is NO and I am wrong…
Best regards:soei
Soei
I dont know how Should I Thank You For this Lesson It’s to interesting to stop watching.
Yanolsky
Thank you for this lesson and all lessons that you made…. btw, Did we have endvid Apps on smartphone? I searched, but I cant find anything … ::so sad::
ckyzk9525
thanks alot, mr. adam is a talented
palop
thank you so much
erica2015
Thank you, it was very instructive!
Rene
I like the way you explain everything
Thank you
SarahNabil
Thanks!
Unfortunately, It’s a daily topic for my country (((
Marmaza
Thanks Adam for usefull lesson!
Kozin Valeriy
Thanks, Adam! In Ukraine it’s a mundane vocabulary now…
kurte
I watched this video and I’ll learn these words only because of the war in my country. I wish I never had such necessity, nobody had. Peace for every home. Thank you Adam for you work. You expain very easly and it’s pleasure to listen to your lessons. I’ll watch your videos.
Felicity-pl
I an new student in your class i Want to improuve my English
FATIHA2000
Now it is much easier to understand what they actually say about Ukrainian conflict in other countries. It is happenning literally next to my country and my city (Moscow), so it’s rather important for me. Thank you very much!
Nat
The best one for me, He feels his audience very well
keep going Adam
E.Gamal
Great lesson! My father is on the air force and after this video i know how to say military words in english.
lupikepi
Adam you’re the best teacher on Internet thanks for upload your videos for us.
rodrigog85
Wow! As I learned English, I also learned about a subject that I didn’t understand very well! Thanks Adam! This lesson is very interesting! I watched your video three times! So, I got 8 of 9! :D #Happy
Poliana Almeida
Hi Adam
I’m not convinced of number 4
I had it wrong
reemabousaid
Thanks a lot for your job!!!!!)))))))))
vazik
Ukraine has a conflict with Russia on it’s own territory.
Is it correct phrase?
Torwit
That’s very useful to me, thanks Adam. But you don’t talk about a group of soldier for example batallion, company, army groups, platoon etc
Gilang86
Thanks a lot for the explanation
Anthony12
Adam, I DO enjoy all your lessons and the way you present the subject/s.
If I may, I would like to add to your explanation about the phrase “boots on the ground”. It is also used in USA(by family of the soldier) when soldier comes back from deployment (He/she is back “home”, meaning own country.)
Samosia
Adam thank you very much for your lessons!
I like them.
My best regards.
KoNNik
Hello teacher, as a Navy vet I can say: you rocked! Amazing video and true statement. It is hard to explain everything in just one video but that was a WOW explanation. You forgot the coasties (Cost Guard) and National Guard (U.S), just kidding they say nobody ever mention them heheh. Thanks so much! Enlisted are not lower rank its is just different from officers for example an enlisted petty officer has to obey an officer,however, the opposite is aslo true, sometimes an officer has to obey an enlisted men/female like the Master chief petty officer of the Navy or MCPON. Again thanks so much and even if I served I really learned a lot with your video.
iconica15
dear sir! I am really enjoying every single video u are in.I think I might have seen you at some point on the Toronto’s street.
Violet
Hi Adam
I would like to know the difference of Earth, World, globe and planet.
Thank you
From Thai student
Jingjai
Thanks Adam
paoo
wow! I’m learning a lot. thanks Adam.
pierrej1
thanks Adam good lesson :)
eemmy81
Think Adam, I have a question .
What different between offensive and incursion?
How use them?
Sorry,my English isn’t good enough. My sentence maybe some incorrect in grammar.
fireduke
Thanks for lessons, very positive and understandable!
Vesna063
tks Adam, very good topic, help me a lot.
Ricky Fiebig
thanks Adam, you are amazing
my pronunciation very bad how i can improve it
shamsy199
thanks Adam for this lesson, it was interesting to watch it
yafino
thanks Adam, really helped
kia1000
Nice class teacher.
Could you talk about military slangs?
e.g = roger that, fire the hole, tango down.
Thanks.
Rapha20
That’s a good idea! I’ll add it to the list of requests and we’ll see what teacher picks it up.
engVid Moderator
thanks for reply.
Rapha20
Hi Adam.
Could you explain the difference between “war” and “warfare” and how we should use these terms?
Thank you.
wilson.med33
I would say the term “war” has wider meaning, while “warfare” means “military actions” and is actually a part of war.
Aliquis
Hi Adam, this is very useful indeed, I would like you to teach us aeronautical vocabulary, thanks
Patyarreola
Thank Mr. adam.. I got 100..
Marco Yossie
PLEASE, MAY YOU GIVE A LESSON ABOUT MEDICAL VOCABULARY.
THANK ADAMS YOOUR LESSONS ARE HELPFUL.
handleft
yah i get better but so many words and we have to collect them thanks ADAM for explnaition
HODY
I appreciate. It was very good lesson, I know It’s hard to prepare military lesson, because In the Army, they use very different words by different meaning then civilian. I am also military. I wont to ask you, If you can, please prepare one more military lesson for us. T h a n k ! !
gia-gia
Hi, Adam! I have some problems in quiz on this site, because I know that I choosed the correct answer, but when I look at the result of the quiz, I see that site choosed another answer. For example. If I choosed answer a), in result of quiz I see that I choosed answer b)
Excuse me, I have some mistakes in my grammatic. I hope you understand me. Thank you for lessons
ramil063
thanks
musabali
Hey Adam, my uncle was an MIA but I did’t know what is it. After study it I’ve know.
Thomas357
Thanks a lot 8/9. good !
Soei
Hi Adam! Could you please explain the difference between “withdraw troops” and “retreat troops”?
Nelly17
Dear Adam your teaching style is awesome I am greatful to you.
Cafer 14
I’m fond of your lessons and so do my students)) Thanks
Skayanchik
Thank you so much Mr Adem ;; Good explanation
Katia.15
Hi Adam,thanks for the lesson ,it’s very useful for amateur in English.I understood everything except differens between truce and cessation )
Rauf0538
Hi! Adam i appreciate your work. It works a lot!
Murtala Umar
You forgot to talk about cyber war
I like so much your lessons
GUS37
Hello! Thanks a lot gor the lesson. I have a question about the word “conflict”. You`ve written it like “confict”, without “l”. Have you mistaken? Because, I found out in google translator, that it`s written, as conflict (with “l”).
JasonYNK
Hi Adam i wanna ask you a question
Can i say first lines or not ?
Jojo tera
Hi,thanks for the lesson,but I wanna ask you for a favor.Would you like to make a video with more military terms,I need it for school,aviation academy,if we go precisely,thank you a lot in advance,you’re the best teacher :)
Gagaa
Pure epaulets – pure conscience.
Egghead
It is better to have a daughter prostitute than a son corporal.(Russian army wisdom).
Egghead
British have ‘leftenants’
szt1980
BTW, who are petty officers in the Navy?
szt1980
Thanks
Belisiario
Good vocabulary, thanks a lot dude.
Luis.Hinojos
Thank you Mr. Adam.
Alex-1956
What an important lesson!!!
Thank you Adam?
MES1994
Hello Adam, it was a great lesson, thanks.
I am a soldier.
John
jjhenao
Hi Adam, thanks a lot – utterly useful lesson.. I’m from Ukraine and now it’s our reality, good to have extended vocabulary
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273 COMMENTS
Hi Adam! important lesson. Thanks!
I’m sure it is Bluegray. But to tell the truth I have to go over this lesson and put some of these words into practice; otherwise they won’t become part -at least- of my passive vocabulary.
All the best with your English.
nice explanation, as usual
there’s a little typo: conflict without “l”
thank you for your understandable accent…
i’m italian like you, read my profofile. i’ll be glad if you’ll contact me.
Thanks Marvilla. My mistake :)
No thing good in war except to expire , The sad city (Benghazi) , thanks Adam
thank you adam
Interesting lesson Adam, thank you
Great one, as always!!! Pretty nice job!
A very interesting lesson! Thanks Adam. Actually, I read a lot about war on the web. And you are very wise! This lesson requires a lot of knowledge, much more than just English.
17 years ago I was a drill sergeant :)
Thank you Adam
This is a good lessen for me. Thank you Adam
This is a good lession.,.,
Thank you teacher. I’ve been watching your videos and it’s great!!! Congrats for your job. You, Ronnie and Valen are the best. Not that the others are ” bad teacher ” but I’d rather you :) , congrats again!
thank you for this leasson, it’s interesting.
Hi adam, very good your lesson, but I’ll like know about pieces military uniform. you know anything? thanks
I’ll have to look that up Alex. Keep in mind though that different countries have different features on their uniforms. You might want to get a visual encyclopedia somewhere.
This lesson and quiz were difficult but good study for me. Thank you, Adam :)
Thank you Adam. This is a good lesson. I like it.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Adam.
And Happy New Year engVid. :)
I wish you a wonderful year full of joy. I wish a peaceful world for everyone. A year without a war.
And thank you engVid , thank you Adam for all your efforts to help us, this year. Best luck. :)
Thank you Anahita. A happy belated New Year to you as well :)
Hi Adam
I got 8 correct out of 9.
Thank you so much
thanx
you have nice Tattoo under your left Arm
Thank you Basem. It says littera scripta manet– the written word remains :)
And what does it mean?
The written word remains means that once written down, it can stay forever. A spoken word, on the other hand, disappears as soon as it has left your mouth ;)
Yep, prime in manu tua, right? :)
verba volant , scripta manent , in Latin .
verba volant scripta manent….senza la virgola…conosco bene il latino..secondo te che in quale lingua “littera scripta manet” è scritto?
Hi Adam, I think you miss letter “l” in (conflict) you wrote confict not conflict. What do you think?
I did Hassan. My mistake. Good eye :)
Hi Adam.
I’m Bahram Fattahi from Iran.i’ve been watching ENGVID vids for more than 2 years.it helped me a lot.
i wanted to aske you if you could make a lesson about districts and regions and cover the following words: territory, perfecture, borough, county, province, zone, state
i’m sure It’d help a lot of students to have a clearer issue about it
Thank you in advance
Hey Bahram I agree with you.
It would be so great to learn about them ıf adam can make a video in that issue.I am so confused even in my own language :)
I’ll get on that Bahram :)
Thank you
thank you very much
Mr. adam
actually i get the benfit of this lesson
thank you agin and agin
Thank you Adam :)
Thank you Adam, useful lessons. 100 % like in the boot camp.
Interesting, and well explained lesson. Thank you.
Thats great! Thanks you for that informative lesson!
I watched this lesson the 24th of december !So I wish peace on the World. Happy Christmass to you and Engvid’s teachers.
its ok
hi adam can u talk about health in a movie useful worlds thanks
I’ll see what I can do Sam :)
Hi dear Adam, this is a great lesson very useful. Thank you so much. by the way please what does that means” I got a chopper in the car”? by Rick Ross’s lyrics. Merry christmas Eve to you dear Adam, may god bless you and your family.
My best wishes to you.
Hi Franky. Actually, I had to look it up myself as I’d never heard this before. It seems to mean an automatic weapon, especially an AK-47.
Hope that helps ;)
hey adam, great lesson indeed.Could you please help
me with the right construction of these two sentences:
1.He is 100 times as much powerful as me.
2.He is 100 times as much powerful than me.
which one of these sentences implies the correct sense of the other person being 100 times more powerful than me.This construction of word ‘as’ confuses me a lot, so please, if possible help me getting rid of this confusion about how to use the word ‘as’ to emphasize an amount.Your previous videos have been a great help:) thank u very much.
Hello Harry,
I’m afraid, both sentences appear to be flawed, to me. I believe in these type of sentences, you only use the word ‘as’. You don’t write ‘as much’. Few examples for you :-
1. earth is twice as big as Mars
2. He is 100 times as powerful as I am. (though I am not sure about this one)
3. His handwriting is 10 times as neat as mine.
You can also write them without using ‘as’.
He is 100 times more powerful than me.
Hi Abhishek! I am looking for someone to improve my conversation skill, do you mind pass me your contact, so we can talk to each other?
Hi Harry. Abhishek gave a very good answer. I will add that He is 100 times more powerful than me is the best option. We use as normally when we use an objective adjective. Powerful, for example is subjective. What powerful means to you and to him might not be the same.
Mars is 10 times as big as Pluto, for example is Ok because we can measure the size of the planets as compare these.
When possible, use the -er or more than construction to compare things. He is three times older than me will create less confusion than he is three times as old as me. (in both cases as I am is correct, but less common in casual speech).
(his handwriting is 10 times neater than mine)
Hope this helps a little.
I’m from Ukraine and unfortunatelly this is actual for my country where we have war on a part of territory.
I hope things get better there Zhenya
Hi Adam. I don’t like wars and this topic. But thank you at any rate.
I think many people here can’t understand anything when they watch sports. It’ll be great to understand a football commentary for instance. Thank you.
I’ll see what I can do Katrin. Keep in mind football here is different than in Europe ;)
Thank you Adam. I think, at any rate it’s very exciting sport if you like it so much.
Hi everyone! I agree with Katrin, it would be wonderful to watch a sport video lesson especially about football!
Hope you will see this comment Adam :) I like your lessons! Keep it up!
Excellent lesson!
Could you teach us some medical vocabulary and expressions as well?
Thanks.
I’ll get on it Audry :)
War and its Related words are vital when you Wanna understand what is going your Around.it is hard but sometimes we have to explain what they are. So i happy to hear these words from peaceful person like Adam. Thanks for your useful lesson and God bless all Of us from war.
Need to watch the lesson again…I fail to get 100 score of the quiz.:(
thank you Addam
I liked the lesson! Thanks Adam!
dear adam
merry Christmas
have a good time with your family
ali
Thank you Ali. To you and yours as well :)
I agree with Bahram.Adam teach us more about army.Thank you.
Will do Mfarooq
Thanks Adam
Sanctions against Russia…….
Yes, unfortunately you are right mileshin.
Thank you Adam for this useful lesson!
8/9 I thought that, the captain was above the colonel. By the way in Portuguese we say Cornel = colonel both sounds similar.
Hi Jorge,
It’s strange how English works. Should be spelled kernel, but … :)
Sorry I made a mistake in Portuguese is ” Coronel”.
Was a good lesson. Mainly for me that are coming in the intermediary level
Hi Adam,
Excelent lesson
great and inclusive as usual, thanks Adam.surly no one likes war, but it seems like it is inevitable to learn about it, please keep up doing good work. I would be grateful if you make more videos about politics
I’ll see what I can do Mustafa
Adam one more question.(sorry)
Are those grammatically correct?
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS HERE?
(can I place @HERE@ in any other place of the sentence above?)
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS IN THIS PLACE?
Thank you.
One more:
Can we change our seats with each other?(is it correct?)
Thank you again.
I know the word @replace@. But, what about which is above?
in USA it’s more simple = may we switch our seats? (i’ve heard it in regular conversation many times)
Thank you,it’s from a textbook for kids.
Can I use exchange?
Hi Katrin.
CAN I CHANGE RUBLES INTO POUNDS HERE? is correct. You can’t put the Here anywhere else.
You can say can we exchange seats?
Or can we switch seats? as Dlvbasys mentioned.
Or, Can we change seats with each other (no our needed)
Here is coming up one more question – why we shouldn’t use OUR. Thank you Adam.
It’s understood. If it’s not mine, then I can’t switch it anyway.
“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood
Indeed Vovchick
Good lesson, Thanks teacher Adam!!
Adam I have watched Past Perfect Tense from Rebecca, but didn’t understand one thing: (it’s at 07.20) when Jane arrived home yesterday,her husband had taken the children to the restaurant(are the children at home when she arrives?)
THANK YOU.
No, their at the restaurant. If you say, by the time Jane arrived home yesterday,her husband had already taken the children to the restaurant., then they might be back from the restaurant when she gets home.
Thank you Adam.
Hi again, Adam!
I’d like to tell you about my journey to the sea. It was seven years ago. We went to the sea with my Mum. It was very beautiful and I took a lot of pictures. The weather was very good. We swam for a long time. The sea was so warm that my Mum couldn’t take me out from the water. It was very funny. In the evening(or in the evenings)we went to a water park. I liked it very much. We ate a lot of fruit every day. One day we went to the mountains. There we visited waterfall. It was very interesting. I liked to have a rest like this.
Adam,check it,please. Thank you.
out of the water
in the evenings
I like to have a rest like this
1. out of the water(my bad,I knew it)
2. in the evenings(I thought so, but all the web translators wilfully don’t want add the letter S)
3. In one movie one character says I LIKED HIM VERY MUCH(so why I can’t say it about the rest?)
ADAM, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I think, those are some of my grammar mistakes in my narrative in previous lesson:
1. I woke up at 11.00 and begin(of course BEGAN) to drink tea at once.
2. Presently I turned on my computer and linked the Internet, because I(HAD)wanted to know the price of dollar and the price of oil.
3. At 13.00 I had to be seeing my doctor, because I(HAD)made an appointment.
4. The people,who were in the line,said that there is(WAS instead of is) a live line and I have(HAD instead of have)to be after them.
Am I right or not? I will be waiting.
THANK YOU ADAM!!!
1) at 11… and had a tea at once
2) linked to the internet because I wanted to know the price of the dollar and of oil
3) I had to see my doctor…i had made…
4) The people who were in line said there was a long line and I had to be…
Not bad :)
After the 2nd one I don’t understand past perfect again!!! Thank you Adam…
Because the second sentense is not in past perfect, it’s just in past simple as you dint’t finish to want before you linked to the internet. So all what you did was simultaneously.
for example you might have say: Presently I turned on my computer and linked the Internet, because I had just finished my homework.
Maybe i am wrong cuz I am russian too)))
Adam I wanted to say alive line(when the doctor works really slow(or he takes some people without line)). And people in the line become mad about it and began create their own rules. It’s Russia.
That might be a Russian expression. We don’t have a live or an alive line. We have a lifeline, but that means something that saves you, or connects you to life.
Hello!
EngViiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid! I can’t believe it! What was wrong with my message that you have decided not to approve and post it here? I’m so sorry for this behavior! Please, respect the users!
You may have been posting the same comment a lot, which we try to discourage.
It might have been a simple mistake Anahita. I’m sure it will be looked into
nice lesson i really gain
Hi Valena
Please help me. How do i improve my English Conversation. most the time i am confusing between present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Please send me any link for understand this.
HI Subodh, I’m not Valen, but I hope I can help. Type present perfect tense and past perfect tense into the search box above and you will see a few lessons on it. You can also type it into Google and see lots of resources that explain it.
Hi , Adam thanks for that , but id like u to clarify why all the native speaker drop the letter (t) when it preceded by the letter (n) .! Ad if we dont pronounce it this way is it sound unnaturally ?
Hi Nenno.
We don’t really drop it. It’s just soft, so it gets “lost” in the transition to the next word. Also, the tongue position for ‘n’ and t’ are almost the same, so it’s a bit of laziness to move it.
Does that hep?
Thanks for the lesson, very actual vocabulary
Useful lesson. Thanks Adam. I want to ask a lesson on words used in building. I am a civil engineer.
I’ll see what I can do Ghassan :)
Hi Adam, it’s my first time to learn English from your videos. First quiz, i got 100, yeye. Thanks a bunch, Adam.
Welcome Arismnndar :)
big thanks mr Adam. the lesson was very helpful .
I`ve learned new vocabulary!!thankssss Adam!
Hi adam! It was such as interesting lesson. I admit all of the Engvid lesson chunks can boost one’s english knowledge on a variety of topis you’re providing. But still, many of the upper-interm and advanced learners are facing a few gaps relating to their career, work and professional life. Thereby, I would highky recommend offering lessons that cover handling job interviews questions and answers, showing achievements and motivation sides on a field. I can’t deny finding some videos on the area but there is need for specific situations at work.
These lessons are in the works Omaxios :)
thank you for this good lesson . this vocabulary are very useful .
This is a good lesson to increase my general knowledge and vocabulary. Thanks Adam :)
Hi Adam, i have been in this country more than 12 years and i learned something new today. Thank you for the way you are teaching. I am so much grateful to Engvid to introduce this site. I really appreciate.
Adam, in BBC lessons “Look ahead” there is a dialogue of two mice:
– What’s that?
– That’s a cat.
– What’s his name?(would it be right if a question were “What’s its name?”?)
Thank you.
Although technically, its is more correct, many people treat certain animals, especially pets, as gender specific.
Both are acceptable.
And one more: sometimes I hear the word “OFTEN” with letter “T” which sounds and sometimes without — Which one is right?
Thank you Adam.
Both are Ok. Some enunciate the t, others don’t. I, myself, don’t.
Thank you Adam. I thought it is linked somehow with north and south.
Thanks a lot Adam
Hi. This lesson is very interesting because I meet this words every time and everywhere.
Simply great!Thanks again, Adam
What’s this Log out thing? I have already been
accepted by the engvid. What happened?
Not sure Sonia. I see you here :)
Ok, then!:) :) :)
About war, Adam, Bono sang with Pavarotti and he
“Ave Maria” and he added this to the song, which I found beautiful:
“…Ave Maria, where is the justice in the world…
“…and WAR is always the choice, of the chosen
who will not have to fight.”
…too beautifull and deep to add any comments.
What is word, what explain to talk about the volunteers soldiers?
Hi ioniks.
I think it’s just volunteers or enlisted. If they are forced to join, then they are draftees (they were drafted by the army)
thanks Adam ,so interesting lesson
Thanks a lot for this great lesson. I wish the British English was as understandable as yours is :)
This is such helpful lessen, I now enhance my knowledge about this kind of subject. Cheers!! :) Adam.
Thanks Adam for your this lesson. I have always wanted to learn more about war vocabulary. Your character, accent, and examples make the lesson amazing. thanks a million.
It’s for narratives:
He had been working when I came to him.
He had already came when I called to him.
(Are those grammatically correct?)
Thank you Adam.
He had already come when I called him.
My bad, I thought past participle is CAME. Sorry and thank you.
Littera scripta manet?
Yes, Agni.
The written word remains :)
:)
These days everywhere in turmoil, even your neighboring country. I mean US. Racism is still big problem in US. What about your country? I’ve head Native Americans in Canada are suffering by government yet, Aren’t they?
Sorry Adam, I know you mentioned “please don’t talk about political stuff, but I just want to try writing about conflict and war. That’s it!
Hi Evil.
Yes, here too. Not too violent, but it does happen occasionally. There are very few conflict-free places in the world, unfortunately.
This my skype account: moath.941
hopefully if you can contact with me thats gonna be sounds great. Lets ease the learning process.
Thank you so much Adam,
I wish all of the Engvid family and the students happy new year which we wouldn’t use these words in our daily lifes.
If you want to talk with me on skype please check my account details…
useful lessons,great teacher!!!
How’s it going?
I’d like to request a video about Basketball, American football and Formula 1. I’m a massive fan of them, but it’s really difficult to understand when the game/race is live on Tv, or even when I’m reading the Sports section on the newspaper, or when people around me are talking about it.
I’d really appreacite it if an Engvid teather could make an explanation about the rules/moves,etc.
Thanks for helping us in everything.
I’ll see what I can do Henry :)
i love the army
Thank you Adam, It was so informative. It help me so much because I like documentaries about history. Thank you so much.
Thank you!
Adam please explain phrasal verbs of the verb CUT. what is the diff btw cut down on and cut back on?
Hi Ranhraa.
In some cases they can mean the same thing, i.e., to reduce.
Cut down can also mean to cut something so it comes down, like a tree.
In film, you can cut back (edit) to a previous scene or frame.
Hope this helps.
MERRY CHRISTMAS ADAM AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Thank you Katrin. I wish the same to you :)
Thanks.
hi Mr Adam actually i want to thank you for your great effort in English lessons i learned from it but i need your help to give me some vocabulary about if i will work as a ticket agent
HI GM.
You mean travel tickets? I’ll see what I can do
best instructor ever . thanks man ;)
the correct word is confict or conflict?
Hi Taffarel.
It’s conflict. My mistake. a little typo :)
Hi Adam . Very timely vocab. Unfortunately I hear all this words every day. Your lesson is useful for those who watch breaking news.
I’d like to thank you and Engvid teachers for your great job. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! All the best to you, Adam.
Thank you Nadia. To you as well :)
hey Adam this is a sort of wonderful lesson .. thank you :)
Great video, thank a lot :)
Very good explanation for people they are not so familiar with the military. (y)
You do a great job Adam :)
I watched it twice in order to get the full understanding of the video. Their was a lot of good information in this video . Thank you.
Thank you for the updated lesson. It is very worthy for me. I have re-posted your lesson to my blog with a few notes, please check it here: http://kidovatov.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/war-military-vocabulary/ Thanks
8/9 Not bad!!
IMO The 4th question sounds a little ambiguous.
“When an enemy attacks, an army will try to ________ it.”
From my perspective i think it is better to be
“When an enemy attacks, the opponent will try to ________ it.”
Hi Kalifatullah,
An opponent can be a whole army. I was just using it in context. Your sentence is equally good.
We (English learners) are vulnerable because we are here for studying it and not real English speakers. For us, a little mistake can bring an absolute destruction. So, please use detail / clear / not ambiguous statements and questions. Think from our perspectives, not yours. Thank you for your attention.
That’s what we try to do. I don’t see how the original is ambiguous, though.
Hi Kalifatullah,
Understood. Though, keep in mind that there are thousands of people watching these videos and taking the quiz, so it’s impossible to focus on everyone’s individual needs.
Also, language is by it’s nature ambiguous; you can interpret just about anything in any way you want if you play with the words enough :)
Thanks
Very nice lesson!
I’m from Ukraine. Now in my country war in Donbass – it’s territory where my home so i must know all this words (unfortunately). Thank you so much!!
I’m very sorry to hear that. :( I’ve been following it in the news a bit, and hopefully things get back to normal soon!
good lesson for us.
hello sir you are my favorite teacher.i have learned a lot of things from you. your way of teaching is always excellent. thanks and keep it up
sir i need and want to learn “PRECIS WRITING” so please you have all videos except precis writing. so please upload fro me . i will be always grateful to you> thanks sir adam
Hi Gulbahar. I’m working on writing videos, but you can also check my site writetotop dot com. I hope it helps.
ok thanks sir adam! but i hope you will accept my request as soon as possible
thanks
You are a great teacher Adam. To learn english with you seems very easy, keep on with the good work and thank you for doing this.
Thanks so much. You are the best teacher I ve ever seen or heard, it’s very important to understand things around us, especially now when world is full of battles, so we can’t hide what we have. So any body want to talk to improve English you can add me on Skype vedeneyev.alexander
Interesting lesson
You have my attention….thanks a Lot
Thanks for lesson, it’s useful and actual unfortunately. Took the quiz with 8/9. So I have a question: why “colonel” is the highest-ranked soldier? What about general\admiral\marshal? Actually they are also soldiers in a deep sense. May be the question should be “Which of the following is the highest-ranked enlisted soldier?” Answer: sergeant, isn’t it?
Thank you everyone. Happy New Year :)
thanks for the discussing this topic..its very informative nowadays!
hi adam how can i download this video
You can watch it here Tillocik :)
thnx alote
I hope the war stops on my country
Dear Adam, I play a game about Tanks. In which I read the terms “hull” and “maneuverability”. Could you please give a light to these words?
Hi Prakhar,
Hull is the body of the tank. Maneuverability is its ability (or lack of) to make movements, like turns.
Thank you Adam for help me as always! Now I understand them clearly.
Hi Adam ! My dear friend what is the difference between “at night and in the night” and what is context used in?
Thanks!
Hi The Best,
At night is to refer to a time period (I sleep at night).
In the night is the concept of night, as opposed to day. Ghosts roam in the night to scare little children in their sleep.
It’s also commonly used with something else, in the night sky, the sound of the river in the night, etc.
Does this help?
Hello teacher. Sorry, do you make a distiction among your students in answering their questions !? I hope your answer is NO and I am wrong…
Best regards:soei
I dont know how Should I Thank You For this Lesson It’s to interesting to stop watching.
Thank you for this lesson and all lessons that you made…. btw, Did we have endvid Apps on smartphone? I searched, but I cant find anything … ::so sad::
thanks alot, mr. adam is a talented
thank you so much
Thank you, it was very instructive!
I like the way you explain everything
Thank you
Thanks!
Unfortunately, It’s a daily topic for my country (((
Thanks Adam for usefull lesson!
Thanks, Adam! In Ukraine it’s a mundane vocabulary now…
I watched this video and I’ll learn these words only because of the war in my country. I wish I never had such necessity, nobody had. Peace for every home. Thank you Adam for you work. You expain very easly and it’s pleasure to listen to your lessons. I’ll watch your videos.
I an new student in your class i Want to improuve my English
Now it is much easier to understand what they actually say about Ukrainian conflict in other countries. It is happenning literally next to my country and my city (Moscow), so it’s rather important for me. Thank you very much!
The best one for me, He feels his audience very well
keep going Adam
Great lesson! My father is on the air force and after this video i know how to say military words in english.
Adam you’re the best teacher on Internet thanks for upload your videos for us.
Wow! As I learned English, I also learned about a subject that I didn’t understand very well! Thanks Adam! This lesson is very interesting! I watched your video three times! So, I got 8 of 9! :D #Happy
Hi Adam
I’m not convinced of number 4
I had it wrong
Thanks a lot for your job!!!!!)))))))))
Ukraine has a conflict with Russia on it’s own territory.
Is it correct phrase?
That’s very useful to me, thanks Adam. But you don’t talk about a group of soldier for example batallion, company, army groups, platoon etc
Thanks a lot for the explanation
Adam, I DO enjoy all your lessons and the way you present the subject/s.
If I may, I would like to add to your explanation about the phrase “boots on the ground”. It is also used in USA(by family of the soldier) when soldier comes back from deployment (He/she is back “home”, meaning own country.)
Adam thank you very much for your lessons!
I like them.
My best regards.
Hello teacher, as a Navy vet I can say: you rocked! Amazing video and true statement. It is hard to explain everything in just one video but that was a WOW explanation. You forgot the coasties (Cost Guard) and National Guard (U.S), just kidding they say nobody ever mention them heheh. Thanks so much! Enlisted are not lower rank its is just different from officers for example an enlisted petty officer has to obey an officer,however, the opposite is aslo true, sometimes an officer has to obey an enlisted men/female like the Master chief petty officer of the Navy or MCPON. Again thanks so much and even if I served I really learned a lot with your video.
dear sir! I am really enjoying every single video u are in.I think I might have seen you at some point on the Toronto’s street.
Hi Adam
I would like to know the difference of Earth, World, globe and planet.
Thank you
From Thai student
Thanks Adam
wow! I’m learning a lot. thanks Adam.
thanks Adam good lesson :)
Think Adam, I have a question .
What different between offensive and incursion?
How use them?
Sorry,my English isn’t good enough. My sentence maybe some incorrect in grammar.
Thanks for lessons, very positive and understandable!
tks Adam, very good topic, help me a lot.
thanks Adam, you are amazing
my pronunciation very bad how i can improve it
thanks Adam for this lesson, it was interesting to watch it
thanks Adam, really helped
Nice class teacher.
Could you talk about military slangs?
e.g = roger that, fire the hole, tango down.
Thanks.
That’s a good idea! I’ll add it to the list of requests and we’ll see what teacher picks it up.
thanks for reply.
Hi Adam.
Could you explain the difference between “war” and “warfare” and how we should use these terms?
Thank you.
I would say the term “war” has wider meaning, while “warfare” means “military actions” and is actually a part of war.
Hi Adam, this is very useful indeed, I would like you to teach us aeronautical vocabulary, thanks
Thank Mr. adam.. I got 100..
PLEASE, MAY YOU GIVE A LESSON ABOUT MEDICAL VOCABULARY.
THANK ADAMS YOOUR LESSONS ARE HELPFUL.
yah i get better but so many words and we have to collect them thanks ADAM for explnaition
I appreciate. It was very good lesson, I know It’s hard to prepare military lesson, because In the Army, they use very different words by different meaning then civilian. I am also military. I wont to ask you, If you can, please prepare one more military lesson for us. T h a n k ! !
Hi, Adam! I have some problems in quiz on this site, because I know that I choosed the correct answer, but when I look at the result of the quiz, I see that site choosed another answer. For example. If I choosed answer a), in result of quiz I see that I choosed answer b)
Excuse me, I have some mistakes in my grammatic. I hope you understand me. Thank you for lessons
thanks
Hey Adam, my uncle was an MIA but I did’t know what is it. After study it I’ve know.
Thanks a lot 8/9. good !
Hi Adam! Could you please explain the difference between “withdraw troops” and “retreat troops”?
Dear Adam your teaching style is awesome I am greatful to you.
I’m fond of your lessons and so do my students)) Thanks
Thank you so much Mr Adem ;; Good explanation
Hi Adam,thanks for the lesson ,it’s very useful for amateur in English.I understood everything except differens between truce and cessation )
Hi! Adam i appreciate your work. It works a lot!
You forgot to talk about cyber war
I like so much your lessons
Hello! Thanks a lot gor the lesson. I have a question about the word “conflict”. You`ve written it like “confict”, without “l”. Have you mistaken? Because, I found out in google translator, that it`s written, as conflict (with “l”).
Hi Adam i wanna ask you a question
Can i say first lines or not ?
Hi,thanks for the lesson,but I wanna ask you for a favor.Would you like to make a video with more military terms,I need it for school,aviation academy,if we go precisely,thank you a lot in advance,you’re the best teacher :)
Pure epaulets – pure conscience.
It is better to have a daughter prostitute than a son corporal.(Russian army wisdom).
British have ‘leftenants’
BTW, who are petty officers in the Navy?
Thanks
Good vocabulary, thanks a lot dude.
Thank you Mr. Adam.
What an important lesson!!!
Thank you Adam?
Hello Adam, it was a great lesson, thanks.
I am a soldier.
John
Hi Adam, thanks a lot – utterly useful lesson.. I’m from Ukraine and now it’s our reality, good to have extended vocabulary